THIS IS 30 The Los Angeles Kings resumed practice at the Toyota Sports Center on Monday morning. It was a full team practice that did not include fourth line winger Kyle Clifford, who is out with an undisclosed injury. Sutter declined to elaborate on the injury during media availability on Sunday. Tyler Toffoli continued to [...]
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Los Angeles – San Jose team stats at a glance
Regular Season Rankings and Statistics Goals/Game: LAK – 10 / 2.73; SJS – 24 / 2.42 Goals Against/Game: LAK – t-7 / 2.38; SJS – 6 / 2.33 Power Play: LAK – 10 / 19.9%; SJS – 7 / 20.1% Penalty Kill: LAK – 10 / 83.2%; SJS – 7 / 85.0% Shots/Game: LAK – [...]
Series physicality – and discipline – draws notice
The Kings-Blues series is now five games deep and continues to draw the fascination of those who have held it at in high regard due to the level of intensity compared other series that may offer more space on the ice and a greater frequency in defensive and systematic breakdowns. Darryl Sutter continued to answer [...]
Improvement needed in nuanced faceoff numbers
The Los Angeles Kings were particularly strong on faceoffs in March and April. Ranked 23rd in faceoff percentage through nine games, they leapt up to fourth in the league overall by winning 52.0% of draws through the entire regular season. St. Louis, another team with strong center depth, ranked 13th in the league with a [...]
Kings, Blues career playoff scoring
-courtesy Jeremy Zager, Los Angeles Kings PR
Los Angeles – St. Louis team stats at a glance
Goals/Game: LAK – 10 / 2.73; STL – 17 / 2.58 Goals Against/Game: LAK – t-7 / 2.38; STL – t-7 / 2.38 Power Play: LAK – 10 / 19.9%; STL – 12 / 19.5% Penalty Kill: LAK – 10 / 83.2%; STL – 7 / 84.7% Shots/Game: LAK – 12 / 29.8; STL – [...]
Even-strength scoring looking for a boost
The Los Angeles Kings have been outscored 22-16 at even strength this month, which does not include Drew Doughty’s empty net goal against Edmonton on April 6. Only six Kings have scored an even strength goal in April. In a game-by-game breakdown, opposing goaltenders’ performances have for the most part been very good over the [...]
Toffoli recalled
Tyler Toffoli was recalled by the Kings on Wednesday and would likely slot into tonight’s lineup against the Detroit Red Wings in the event Dustin Brown receives a suspension for his Tuesday night hit on Jason Pominville. Toffoli, who turns 21 today, took home the Dudley “Red” Garrett Memorial Award as the top rookie of [...]
This weekend’s clinching scenarios
The Los Angeles Kings could clinch a playoff spot as early as tomorrow. The simplest way for the Kings to clinch would be for Detroit to lose in regulation in Vancouver tomorrow night. Another scenario that would allow Los Angeles to clinch tomorrow is if Dallas loses in regulation tonight in St. Louis, coupled with [...]
